I rarely get to be the first commenter ...yay!! Living in NYC is a hazing process; I have lived here 10+ years and I have decided to move to Atlanta soon. I totally agree with you one of my biggest disappointments in life was when my naive assumptions that all grown-ups act don't act like adults. But we live and we learn. Regarding tragedy...what doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Although Natasha's death is sad...she did leave a body of work that we can always cherish.
Alicia
lamesabassman
· 9 months ago
Kudos to La Fashiona...... 'tis a hellacool badge of courage to say that one has lived in the NYC and survived..... NYC is the " Running Man meets NASCAR...." where rubbing up next to anyone for any stretch of time can and will leave skid marks on your persona only if you weaken and let it in...... by living here will prepare you for just about anywhere on the planet...... with the exception of Boston..... which is kinda like Bklyn with an accent.. all the grown-ups here are tweeners.. and the kids have PhD.'s.... and on a serious tone..... Natasha R passing is to only let you know that tomorrow is not promised to you..... that only the here and now count.... while you are here did you count for something..... did the Eye of the Tiger get you thru what your Magna cum degree failed to...... Natasha lived the most wonderful life one could imagine..... to be able to do what she has done for herself and for all who were inthralled by her ..... her life as she stepped thru it was her gift to us all..... we should be so lucky....... a wise one once said that Life is what happens while we are busy making plans....... do what you need to do now .......
lamesabassman....... " for tomorrow never knows......"
PenPal
· 9 months ago
I concur.
Buddha
· 9 months ago
No. Life can be quite random, actually.
Akeela
· 9 months ago
I left a job in DC last year for NYC. It was a total leap of faith and I don't regret it. I love the diversity, access to the arts, the tempo of the city. It has been hard since I freelance. NYC is a total hustle, and that has been a bit disappointing. What keeps me going is that I'm happier now (emotionally, spiritually) than I was in DC. I even started working on the first draft of my book again.
Good for you for going to therapy. I support that. If you are into written self-help/explanations of life then look at M. Scott Peck's "Road Less Travelled" (quick easy read) or Erich Fromm's "Fear of Freedom," which I love.
Life is simple. We just make more effort to complicate it.
Congrats on the first draft of your book.
Mahoganydymond
· 9 months ago
Each day I live is a new day for me. I had some many dreams to fall through. I had people tell me I wasn't going to make it. Well I am still alive and still dreaming. I stop letting people decide what was best for me a few years back. Life is precious and I am trying to keep it moving...
lamesabassman
· 9 months ago
Forward ever.... backwards never.....
lamesabassman...... stay true 2 you......
letinstar
· 9 months ago
it would be easy for me to say to never look back, but then i would be lying...i moved from phoenix, back to boston in 2007 and have been so miserable about that move.. boston is where i was born, but it doesn't feel like home...
on the positive side, my family is all here and i do enjoy that, but i'm ready to make a move...not sure if phoenix is home for me, but i definitely know i can't stay here...
i'm just one year younger than natasha richardson and the one thing i do know is that we are not promised a tommorow...if you have the means, the time and the want, you should pursue what it is you want...and try to live without regrets...
lamesabassman
· 9 months ago
'tis a wonder to concur on such a rice trail you have travelled..... when moving around the compass .... you tend to shed some skin.... to make room for the skin you're about to begin..... Boston is where your flag flies..... but ... at times .... time tends to bleed the color from the lines drawn so very long ago.... but you still carry the glow..... which gets stronger with the flow of the earned runs of Life that you concur as you move around the compass.... but ... Boston is where your tree grows.... it's roots run deep and I do now that Family dont come cheap.... so ... now,while at the crossroads.... with Jack Sparrow's compass in tow..... you're gearing up for those next Thousand Miles...... and not knowing which way the wind will take you .... it's the juice that's got your amp on..... the rice trail's got you name on it and it will take wherever you wish to go........ you may be one year younger...... but your light years ahead of your time...... time to fade the fates..... and roll your point......
lamesabassman....... " for tomorrow..... never knows...... 'cause she ain't talkin'....."
letinstar
· 9 months ago
my tree is not blooming in boston...;)
lamesabassman
· 9 months ago
then... you tree is wherever it should be ...... it's wherever your heart... mind and soul is..... you write.... talk .... walk... your life as you see fit.... and let in whomever you believe is safe to share your space with.... but , when the lights go low.... your tree is wherever it should be..... and wherever your compass or heart leads you ..... you will be fine.... for I sense that you always land on your feet.....
lamesabassman..... the first step is the deepest.....
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Alicia
in the NYC and survived..... NYC is the " Running Man meets NASCAR...." where
rubbing up next to anyone for any stretch of time can and will leave skid marks on your
persona only if you weaken and let it in...... by living here will prepare you for just about
anywhere on the planet...... with the exception of Boston..... which is kinda like Bklyn
with an accent.. all the grown-ups here are tweeners.. and the kids have PhD.'s....
and on a serious tone..... Natasha R passing is to only let you know that tomorrow
is not promised to you..... that only the here and now count.... while you are here
did you count for something..... did the Eye of the Tiger get you thru what your
Magna cum degree failed to...... Natasha lived the most wonderful life one could
imagine..... to be able to do what she has done for herself and for all who were
inthralled by her ..... her life as she stepped thru it was her gift to us all..... we should
be so lucky....... a wise one once said that Life is what happens while we are busy
making plans....... do what you need to do now .......
lamesabassman....... " for tomorrow never knows......"
Good for you for going to therapy. I support that. If you are into written self-help/explanations of life then look at M. Scott Peck's "Road Less Travelled" (quick easy read) or Erich Fromm's "Fear of Freedom," which I love.
Life is simple. We just make more effort to complicate it.
Congrats on the first draft of your book.
lamesabassman...... stay true 2 you......
on the positive side, my family is all here and i do enjoy that, but i'm ready to make a move...not sure if phoenix is home for me, but i definitely know i can't stay here...
i'm just one year younger than natasha richardson and the one thing i do know is that we are not promised a tommorow...if you have the means, the time and the want, you should pursue what it is you want...and try to live without regrets...
the compass .... you tend to shed some skin.... to make room for the skin you're about
to begin..... Boston is where your flag flies..... but ... at times .... time tends to bleed
the color from the lines drawn so very long ago.... but you still carry the glow..... which
gets stronger with the flow of the earned runs of Life that you concur as you move
around the compass.... but ... Boston is where your tree grows.... it's roots run deep
and I do now that Family dont come cheap.... so ... now,while at the crossroads....
with Jack Sparrow's compass in tow..... you're gearing up for those next Thousand
Miles...... and not knowing which way the wind will take you .... it's the juice that's
got your amp on..... the rice trail's got you name on it and it will take wherever you
wish to go........ you may be one year younger...... but your light years ahead of your
time...... time to fade the fates..... and roll your point......
lamesabassman....... " for tomorrow..... never knows...... 'cause she ain't talkin'....."
is..... you write.... talk .... walk... your life as you see fit.... and let in whomever you believe is safe to share your space with.... but , when the lights go low.... your tree is
wherever it should be..... and wherever your compass or heart leads you ..... you will be
fine.... for I sense that you always land on your feet.....
lamesabassman..... the first step is the deepest.....